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Released on Atlantic, also Stairway to Heaven (Led Zeppelin), Back in Black (AC/DC) and Immigrant Song (Led Zeppelin)
Written by Mort Shuman, also My Baby (Janis Joplin), Get It While You Can (Janis Joplin) and Viva Las Vegas (Elvis Presley)
Part of The Drifters’ Golden Hits, also Dance With Me and Saturday Night at the Movies
Written by Doc Pomus, also Viva Las Vegas (Elvis Presley), Young Blood (The Coasters) and Surrender (Elvis Presley)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Mort Shuman wrote 73 songs on fono
Doc Pomus wrote 59 songs on fono
Doc Pomus’s most frequent co-writer is Mort Shuman (41 songs together)
Doc Pomus first appears on fono in 1957, 11 years before this song
Credits
All 10 credits
- Written by
- Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman
- Performed by
- Ben E. King, Bill Davis, Charlie Thomas, Dock Green, Elsbeary Hobbs and Johnny Williams
- Part of
- The Drifters’ Golden Hits
- Released on
- Atlantic
- Written by
- Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman
- Performed by
- Ben E. King, Bill Davis, Charlie Thomas, Dock Green, Elsbeary Hobbs and Johnny Williams
- Part of
- The Drifters’ Golden Hits
- Released on
- Atlantic
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Mort Shuman
Same writer: Doc Pomus
Same label: Atlantic
Same release: The Drifters’ Golden Hits
Same writer: Mort Shuman
Same writer: Doc Pomus
Same label: Atlantic
Same release: The Drifters’ Golden Hits
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz This Magic Moment was performed by Ben E. King
This Magic Moment was performed by Ben E. King
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz This Magic Moment was performed by Bill Davis
This Magic Moment was performed by Bill Davis
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz This Magic Moment was performed by Charlie Thomas
This Magic Moment was performed by Charlie Thomas
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz This Magic Moment was performed by Dock Green
This Magic Moment was performed by Dock Green
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz This Magic Moment was performed by Elsbeary Hobbs
This Magic Moment was performed by Elsbeary Hobbs
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz This Magic Moment was performed by Johnny Williams
This Magic Moment was performed by Johnny Williams
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz This Magic Moment was written by Doc Pomus
This Magic Moment was written by Doc Pomus
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz This Magic Moment was written by Mort Shuman
This Magic Moment was written by Mort Shuman
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz This Magic Moment is part of the release The Drifters’ Golden Hits
This Magic Moment is part of the release The Drifters’ Golden Hits
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
10MusicBrainz Atlantic is the label of the song This Magic Moment
Atlantic is the label of the song This Magic Moment
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
11MusicBrainz This Magic Moment was released on 1968